Sarah Harvey was born in London in 1981. She completed her Education at Chelsea School of Art and Newcastle University, graduating in 2004.

“At Newcastle, I won the Bartlett Travel Scholarship which I used to travel to Florence and surrounding areas of Tuscany. It was during this visit that I discovered and photographed the beautiful green swimming pool that would be the inspiration for a whole new collection of works.

My paintings are sometimes composed of 3 – 4 photo images that I have combined together with the use of computer technology to create other images. I have been using lines within my paintings and also the use of multiple canvases to reflect this. I also believe this helps to create different areas of depth within the paintings.

My greatest fascination is movement, and painting the figure in water completely encompasses this. I love the way the water moves in so many ways - around, along and over the body, causing the light to break up the figure that we see. The figure becomes fragmented and is seen by the human eye in ways that are totally unexpected. This excites me tremendously. Each photo that I take as reference for my paintings is unique and individual.”